Sentences with word «mammographic»

A study needs to be designed to specifically look at diet and the effect on mammographic density, and not a study that makes observational conclusions based on a patient's memory, she said.

Synchronized seasonal variations of mammographic breast density and plasma 25 - hydroxyvitamin d. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007 May; 16 (5): 929 - 33.

So far, the collective knowledge about pressure, pain and image quality associated with mammographic screening has only interested researchers on a small scale.

The equipment currently used to compress the breasts is largely equivalent to that used in the infancy of mammographic technology in the 1960s, according to Magnus Dustler.

Dr. Rhodes and colleagues also found that respondents from Connecticut were more likely than residents of other states to be aware of the potential masking effect of breast density on mammographic detection of cancer and were more likely to have discussed breast density with a health care provider.

Associations of coffee consumption and caffeine intake with mammographic breast density, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, published online.

The study did not find a strong association between higher mammographic densities and a higher risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women, according to Dr. Katavic.

The study also found that the existing Nottingham Prognostic Index for breast cancer can be improved by including low mammographic breast density and HER2 status in the index.

The researchers also could not assess how many cancers developed from the site of the initial suspicious mammographic finding and how many were missed cancers from a different location, including the other breast.

Endogenous sex hormones, prolactin, and mammographic features of breast tissue in premenopausal women

In his thesis, he conducted precise measurements of how pressure is distributed on the breast during mammographic screening:

The authors report quality - of - life (QoL) results from the Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST).

In a study involving 278 breast cancer patients, researchers examined the prognostic value of MBD and mammographic tumor features and their relationship with the established prognostic factors.

The study also assessed the association between HA and its synthetizing enzymes with that of MBD and other mammographic and tumor characteristics.

Videssa Breast is the first blood test of its kind to detect the presence or absence of breast cancer in women with abnormal or difficult - to - interpret mammographic findings.

«We do additional mammographic views on women who have implants,» explains Therese Bevers, MD, medical director of the Cancer Prevention Center at the University of Texas MD Anderson's Cancer Center in Houston.

«Estrogen - and - progestin HT can lead to increased mammographic density» — denser breast tissue — «that can obscure breast tumors and delay diagnosis,» says Dr. Manson.

Effects of age, breast density, ethnicity, and estrogen replacement therapy on screening mammographic sensitivity and cancer stage at diagnosis: Review of 183,134 screening mammograms in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A recent study (2) showed that the current use of multivitamins and minerals in premenopausal women was associated with a significant 5.3 % higher mean mammographic breast density (after adjustment for potential confounders), which is strongly and positively related to breast cancer risk.

Relationships between circulating hormone levels, mammographic percent density and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women

Premenopausal mammographic density in relation to cyclic variations in endogenous sex hormone levels, prolactin, and insulin - like growth factors

In humans, ∼ 500,000 intraepithelial lesions are diagnosed every year, generally through mammographic screening (2).

The exhibition also reveals a woman exploring her own sexuality, as Smith brazenly exposed her breasts and pubic region to the glare of the copier, creating images that are both erotic and disturbing in their almost mammographic starkness.

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Even though dense breast tissue is a risk factor for breast cancer, very low mammographic breast density is associated with a worse prognosis in breast cancer patients.

Potential mechanisms of breast cancer risk associated with mammographic density: hypotheses based on epidemiological evidence

When saliva was alternatively used to measure sex hormones, Frydenberg and colleagues found that high mammographic density was significantly associated with high progesterone levels among women ages 25 to 35 years old (32).

Mammographic breast density (MBD) has been a topic of research and discussion for decades.

«Our finding of time - limited harm after false - positive screening mammograms is relevant for clinicians who counsel women on mammographic screening and for screening guideline development groups,» the researchers note.

Discussion: «Our finding of time - limited harm after false - positive screening mammograms is relevant for clinicians who counsel women on mammographic screening and for screening guideline development groups.»

When the researchers matched the women who had a detected cancer with control participants of the same age and from the same locales who did not have cancer, they found no significant difference in mammographic density.

Fat Necrosis of the Breast: A Pictorial Review of the Mammographic, Ultrasound, CT, and MRI Findings With Histopathologic Correlation.

Results of the analysis show an inverse association between aspirin use and mammographic density.

«Our findings suggest that evaluating the composition of this microenvironment, in addition to mammographic density, could potentially provide a better assessment of breast cancer risk,» Chaudhuri says.

Women with low mammographic density made up 83 percent of the patients in the breast cancer group, compared with 89 percent in the control group, while high mammographic density was found in 17 percent of the breast cancer patients and 11 percent of women in the control group.

«Mammographic breast density is readily available, and can be easily measured and recorded at the time of diagnosis.

Age, race, family history of breast cancer, history of a breast biopsy, and mammographic breast density are also significant factors in determining a woman's risk in the BCSC risk calculator, Henderson said.

She said, «Mammographic density has been determined to be an increased risk factor for breast cancer.»

«Finding the root cause to the mammographic indicator of increased risk for breast cancer is very important,» Bernik said.

At baseline and the end of the study, lipid and hormonal profiles, as well as vaginal, mammographic and ultrasonographic parameters were measured.

Mammographic breast density and breast cancer risk: Implications of the breast density legislation for health care practitioners.

Mammographic breast density and breast cancer risk by menopausal status, postmenopausal hormone use and a family history of breast cancer

The association of endogenous sex steroids and sex steroid binding proteins with mammographic density: results from the Postmenopausal Estrogen / Progestin Interventions Mammographic Density Study

Associations among circulating sex hormones, insulin - like growth factor, lipids, and mammographic density in postmenopausal women

Endogenous hormone levels, mammographic density, and subsequent risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women

Mammographic density.

Sex steroids, growth factors and mammographic density: a cross-sectional study of UK postmenopausal Caucasian and Afro - Caribbean women